#A12C18#A12C18

#A12C18 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.156 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12C18
RGB	rgb(161, 44, 24)
HSL	hsl(9, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(9, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 85.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.83, 47.00, 39.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.83, 61.46, 40.12°)
OKLab	oklab(47.34% 0.1324 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(47.34% 0.156 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.7654, 9.4468, 1.8573)
Luminance	0.0944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12C18 #188DA1

analogous

#A11849 #A12C18 #A17118

triadic

#A12C18 #18A12C #2C18A1

tetradic

#A12C18 #49A118 #188DA1 #7118A1

square

#A12C18 #49A118 #188DA1 #7118A1

split-complementary

#A12C18 #18A171 #1849A1

monochromatic

#360F08 #6C1D10 #A12C18 #D63B20 #E5654F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#A12C18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A12C18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12C18

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12C18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12C18	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6011

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12c18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 44, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.156 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d57',
    500: '#a12c18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12c18;
$custom-light: #c66d57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12c18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.759,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47342,
    "c": 0.15648,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12C18

secondary

#4EB5C7

accent

#D6F137

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150803

muted

#837B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12C18

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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